Mark 1:5 meaning and explanation
People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
Mark 1:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Mark has just introduced John the Baptist, the wilderness preacher who prepares the way for the Lord. Here the whole region responds: people stream out from Jerusalem and the Judean countryside to hear him at the Jordan River.
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